Sid The Science Kid"Halloween Spooky Science Special"
It's Halloween time and Sid and his friends have dressed up in the spookiest and scariest costumes possible. Sid is a bat with big fangs. May is a spooky black cat. D

11:00 am

WordWorld"A Kooky Spooky Halloween/Sheep's Halloween Costume"
A Kooky Spooky Halloween - The WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween, when Pig sleepwalks and everyone thinks he's a ghost! Sheep's Halloween Costume - It's Halloween - Sheep's favorite day of the year. Sheep likes nothing more than to dress up, so she always goes out of her way to make herself a special costume. But what will she do when her WordFriends need pieces of her costume for their own costumes?. D

11:30 am

Caillou"Fall Is in the Air"
Autumn brings fresh cool air and fun surprises. Caillou and Rosie have a ball playing in the piles of fallen leaves in the backyard. Come October, Caillou and Dad make a jack-o-lantern, Grandma bakes her grandkids a pumpkin pie, and Caillou goes trick-or-treating as an astronaut. D

12:00 pm

Barney & Friends"Guess Who? and Sweet Treats"
Guess Who?: BJ and Baby Bop decide to get Halloween celebrations underway with a costume party. But when it comes to picking costumes, Riff just can't decide! That night, as the festivities get underway, Riff makes a grand entrance proudly wearing a costume that suits him perfectly! Educational theme: Friendship. Sweet Treats: Barney and his friends go trick-or-treating in the park. D

12:30 pm

Thomas & Friends"Fun in the Snow"
Let it Snow - Gordon and Thomas go to Misty Island to collect logs for Farmer McColl's animal shelter. The Logging Locos tell them that there is no snow on Misty Island because they haven't chuffed The Misty Island Snow Song. They need to puff to the top of a hill and stay still, then go to the sea and wait patiently - then snow will appear! Gordon doesn't believe that snow will appear but Thomas begins to race to the top of the hill and to the sea as the snow song says. D

1:00 pm

Curious George"Auctioneer George/Sock Monkey Opera"
Auctioneer George - George has one dollar to buy anything he wants at the Annual Corn Roast and Attic Auction, and he sets his sights on a pair of red elephant mittens. When the Man with the Yellow Hat leaves George alone, he bids.and bids. D

1:30 pm

Martha Speaks"Td's Magic/Scaredy Cat"
TD's Magic - TD has found the best birthday gift of all time for his cousin CD: He's going to put on a magic show at his party. He wants to really "wow" the crowd, so the bigger the trick, the better. But what happens when his magic gets out of control? Vocabulary: (E) feat, rational(ly), vanish, illusion, dubious (I) disappear, magic, appear, explanation, powers. D

2:00 pm

The Electric Company"Scent of a Human"
On the day he is supposed to star in his own rap video, Hector is hypnotized into thinking he's a dog. Can The Electric Company train Hector to use his human instincts, or will he have to rap with a doggie brain?. D

2:30 pm

WordGirl"Tobey's Tricks and Treats/Escape Wham"
Tobey's Tricks and Treats - After losing the costume contest at school, Tobey sets his Robots on a candy-stealing spree and vows to ruin Halloween. Becky and Violet (in her WordGirl costume) plot to save the holiday.and the city. D

3:00 pm

Wild Kratts"A Bat in the Brownies"
When a little brown bat crashlands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris out set out to convince Aviva, Jimmy Z and Koki that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the bros follow join their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when the bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. In the end the Wild Kratts crew "goes batty," as they gain a new appreciation for bat ecology, predators and insects and echolocation, and learn to love bats. D

3:30 pm

Cyberchase"Problem Solving In Shangri-La"
(Topic: Problem Solving) - Hacker is holding the kids captive aboard the Grim Wreaker, when a storm forces the Wreaker to land on a snowy mountaintop. They are taken prisoner by a peaceful but mysterious Zen Master, who devises a game of strategy to test their problem solving skills. The winner of the game will be set free - the loser will remain a prisoner. D

4:00 pm

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman"The Ol' Switcheroo"
Ruff sends Harsha and DJ out to engineer a "puck stopper" that he can use as goalie in a game with Scruff's hockey team. Meanwhile, Jay and Noel trade places for a day. D

4:30 pm

Arthur"Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny"
Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny - When the local comic book store changes ownership, the new darker and scarier comics are right up Fern's alley. But Arthur can't seem to stomach them and now he's worried. Is it wrong to be afraid? Maybe his friends will be more supportive than he realizes. D

5:00 pm

The Electric Company"Scent of a Human"
On the day he is supposed to star in his own rap video, Hector is hypnotized into thinking he's a dog. Can The Electric Company train Hector to use his human instincts, or will he have to rap with a doggie brain?. D

Need to Know
MARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. This week, Need to Know's Rick Carr reports on controversial changes to election rules in the battleground state of Florida- will they root out voter fraud or keep legitimate voters from the polls? Also, a conversation with James Carter, the man behind the infamous '47'%' video, who, like other amateur opposition researchers, is harnessing the power of the internet to upend campaigns. And from our "American Voices" series, comedian Dean Obeidallah on one group of voters that no one seems to be courting. D

8:00 pm

Dialogue"Naomi Shihab Nye"
The Palestinian-American poet, essayist, novelist and teacher talks with host Marcia Franklin. In her writing, she is inspired by her experiences as an Arab-American, as well as the richness and diversity of people and places she has encountered in the U.S. and abroad.G

8:30 pm

Reggie Perrin
Nicola seems to prefer spending time with anyone but Reggie, causing her husband to grow increasingly frustrated. Their marriage faces its biggest test yet when he joins Jasmine on a business trip to Helsinki, prompting his concerned boss Chris to keep an eye on him.G

9:00 pm

Broadway: The American Musical"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1930-1942)"
Creative growth rises from the Depression: Cole Porter offers glamour; Rogers and Hart star Gene Kelly in Pal Joey; and George Gershwin creates an American opera, Porgy and Bess Part 3 of 6G

10:00 pm

Live from the Artists Den"Mayer Hawthorne"
At the start of this performance at the Grand Ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Hawthorne announces to the invitation-only crowd of 400 that "tonight, the secret word is fun." He and his band, The Country, blaze through two dozen songs, in his updated classic soul style, infused with everything from doo-wop to hip-hop. Songs include selections from a new album, How Do You Do, and fan favorites such as "Green Eyed Love."G